Friday, July 21, 2017

As
tensions rise in North and South Vietnam, American government Decided to assist
South Vietnam. But as American troops ambush rice paddies and bomb the North,
they don’t seem to make a difference in the war. The North’s elaborate
strategies make the war seem endless for the US. And in the US, civilians are
also upset about the government’s ambush on North Vietnam and the danger
inflicted on the people of Vietnam. Because they were criticized by their
people, the US Government decided to hide real facts and operations going on in
war-torn Vietnam. At that time Daniel Ellsberg was working at the Pentagon and
knew that the war in Vietnam was not as successful as the Government said it was.
So he traveled to Vietnam and experienced the truth: that American military
maneuvers in Vietnam were stagnant and turning very unpleasant for the
Americans. Daniel Ellsberg then found himself trapped in two loyalties. One to
the government he worked for, and one to citizens like himself. But as the war
went on, Daniel decided to copy pages of classified information and deliver
them to newspaper companies all over the US. Then, all the people knew the
truth about the things that were happening in Vietnam. They learned that the US
wasn’t winning the war. But it all didn’t stop there. The government took
Ellsberg to court. They even ransacked several places to find information of
Daniel’s wrongdoings. But after a tiresome trial, Daniel Ellsberg got away with
all the convictions that were brought against him. After the government lost
the fight, they gave up and left him alone. Later, the US agreed to leave
Vietnam alone and the war ended in defeat.

Most
Dangerous shows the heroism of Daniel Ellsberg. He stole documents from his
government for the greater good of his people. He helped end the doomed fight
in Vietnam so that lives would be saved, but he did it by breaking the law. As
Steve Sheinkin tells this story, he adds many facts and details that make the
novel trustworthy and interesting.

Thursday, July 13, 2017

On Mars, a
hardworking type of human named Reds lived to drill the soil to find a certain
gas to make Mars habitable for humans. The Reds wore suits that contain everything
inside it, and they slave all day to serve the uppercolors without hesitation.
Darrow was a gas miner, and he had a wife that started to rebel against the
upppercolors. But one day, the uppercolors found out she was rebelling, so they
hanged her in front of the ArchGovernor and in front of Darrow and the
community. Then Darrow, thoroughly distraught, did something rebellious for his
wife and got himself hanged. But he woke up and found himself alive because the
Sons of Ares resurrected Darrow with high tech equipment.

The Sons of Ares was a
terrorist group that was against the rule of the Golds. The Sons of Ares showed
Darrow the cities the Golds had made and how they were telling the Reds lies.
They turned Darrow into a Gold through the use of technology and training.
Then, the Sons of Ares sent him to an academy where he was first tested his
smartness and physical health. Then he was ordered to kill one of the Golds
that did not do well on the test. The Gold he killed happened to be the younger
brother of Cassius, the son of a rival of the ArchGovernor and a friend that he
made. He decided to keep this a secret. The institute he tested for was not the
normal school with classes and tests, but a huge game with seven houses. Darrow
and Cassius quickly became leaders of House Mars until Cassius found out that
Darrow killed his brother. Then he was left for dead by Cassius and survived to
make an army of his own and eventually win the game. He was immediately claimed
by the ArchGovernor and was promised a bright future.

The book was
packed with action and has a very creative storyline. The novel also tells us
that even the weakest and smallest can rise up to the top. The explosive action
and the meaningful purpose of the book makes it perfect.